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Re: Ladder-braced parlor guitar
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:00 pm
by Dave Bagwill
Thanks for giving me the clap!! So to speak...
Re: Ladder-braced parlor guitar
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 6:02 pm
by TonyinNYC
The slow clap is the pinnacle of clappiness.
Re: Ladder-braced parlor guitar
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:07 pm
by Dave Bagwill
I was lucky to find an EIR board in the shop that also had a little red in it that, as a fretboard, will complement the redwood top, and a piece of redwood burl for the headplate. I've only sanded and put a coat of sealer on it; when wet, it looks really fine.
Re: Ladder-braced parlor guitar
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:11 pm
by Kevin in California
Beautiful birdseye redwood Dave. I use alot of that stabilized for my knife handles.
Kevin
Re: Ladder-braced parlor guitar
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:56 pm
by Lonnie B
Dave you do such nice work. Hope mine can come out half as nice
Re: Ladder-braced parlor guitar
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:59 am
by TonyinNYC
Beautiful wood. I'm a sucker for figured wood.
Re: Ladder-braced parlor guitar
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 1:37 pm
by Lonnie B
I am too Tony. I've been a fan of nice wood since the early sixties when I was building gun stocks. I've read that Stradavari didn't pick the highly figured wood. Didn't consider it to be as strong as he desired. I think our using highly figured wood for headstock veneers wouldn't play into that though. What do you think?